Lobby demands protection, equal treatment of all Kenyans abroad
A group of Kenyan domestic workers stranded in Lebanon demands repatriation after a blast in Beirut that led to job losses. They have been sleeping on mattresses outside Kenya's honorary consulate in the country.
The International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK) said Kenya must have a policy that gives protection to all Kenyans wherever they are. Since the blast in Beirut, which killed at least 135 people and injured thousands others two weeks ago, some 20 women have camped at the
Kenyan consulate in Lebanon demanding to be evacuated.
The IRSK said the situation in Lebanon was not isolated and called on the government to be consistent in its treatment of all Kenyans in the diaspora.
A foreign policy lobby in Nairobi has asked for government consistency in the treatment of Kenyans abroad, arguing they are the country’s frontline ambassadors.
The International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK) said Kenya must have a policy that gives protection to all Kenyans wherever they are.
